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Francis Richard Lubbock, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on October 16, 1815, was the son of Dr. Henry Thomas Willis and Susan Ann (Saltus) Lubbock.His paternal grandfather, Capt. Richard Lubbock, settled in Georgia and was a distinguished member of the masonic fraternity.
The election pitted Lieutenant Governor Hardin Richard Runnels and Lieutenant Governor candidate Francis Lubbock against former President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston and Lieutenant Governor hopeful Jesse Grimes. Runnels won the election with 57% of the vote, becoming the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest.
The United States recognized the Republic of Texas, created by a new constitution on March 2, 1836, as a new independent nation and commissioned its first representative, Alcee La Branche as the chargé d'affaires in 1837. The U.S. never sent a full minister (the term "ambassador" was not in use) to Texas, but a series of chargés represented ...
Lubbock State School opens. [1] Texas Tech University School of Medicine [8] and Lubbock Civic Ballet [1] established. Preston Smith of Lubbock becomes Governor of Texas. [8] 1970 May 11: 1970 Lubbock tornado. [21] Population: 149,101. [17] 1977 - Lubbock Memorial Civic Center built. 1978 - May 19 Bombing at Faith Club Alcoholics Anonymous.
It is time for the City of Lubbock to invest in areas of Lubbock ISD because without Lubbock ISD, the makeup of the city is lost. Drew Landry is an assistant professor of government at South ...
In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state.Border disputes between the new state and Mexico, which had never recognized Texas independence and still considered the area a renegade Mexican state, led to the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
The building that was once home to Lubbock's first hospital, constructed in 1935, is no longer part of the Lubbock landscape. The Godbold Building, which was home to St. Mary's Hospital before its ...
Photo Leon Smith as published in governor Lubbock's memoirs Six Decades in Texas (1900). The caption reads "Commodore Leon Smith, C.S.N", however Smith was never officially in the confederate navy, and while described variously as a naval lieutenant, captain, and commodore or army major, and colonel, he was not actually a commissioned by either ...